Baton Rouge - LSU Vice Chancellor and Athletics Director Joe Alleva is being considered for the athletic director's position at Tennessee, according to two Twitter reports.

Joe Alleva

Alex Anderson, a Knoxville, Tenn., sports radio talk show host on ESPN 1180 tweeted that a source said Tennessee had reached agreement on a deal, which would be announced this week. Alleva has been athletic director at LSU since 2008 and received a three-year extension through 2016 in April. His total compensation is $650,000 per year.

LSU Chancellor Mike Martin is reportedly returning from New Mexico to attend to the matter.

South Carolina AD Eric Hyman and SMU AD Steve Orsini were also reportedly being considered for the job to replace Mike Hamilton, who resigned in June amid NCAA investigations of the Volunteers football and men's basketball programs.